commonplace, adj.
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not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
commonplace humdrum prosaic unglamorous unglamourous
sample sentences
"an unglamorous job greasing engines"
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derivationally related form
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completely ordinary and unremarkable
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
commonplace
sample sentences
"air travel has now become commonplace""commonplace everyday activities"
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derivationally related form
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
banal commonplace hackneyed old-hat shopworn stock threadbare timeworn tired trite well-worn
sample sentences
"bromidic sermons""his remarks were trite and commonplace"
"hackneyed phrases"
"a stock answer"
"repeating threadbare jokes"
"parroting some timeworn axiom"
"the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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